/*
Rilego - An easy Images 2 E-Book converter.
Copyright (C) 2011  Federico Improta (Kirys)

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA
*/

package it.kirys.rilego.engine.processors.imagefilters;

import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;

/**
 *
 * @author Federico Improta
 */
public interface IImageFilter {
	/**
	 * Filter the passed buffered image
	 * @param source source image
	 * @return a new buffered image generated as a result of the filter.
	 */
	BufferedImage filter(BufferedImage source);
	/**
	 * Create a duplicate of the filter
	 * @return a new instance of the filter with the exact same parameters of the current one
	 */
	IImageFilter clone();
}
